Obey God Rather Than Man??
I found this in my email. It was part of a journal entry that I had written on 4/22/2004. I was already starting to see and question inconsistencies, and yet it would be another 3 years before I was ready to leave.
I had a new revelation this morning. That is really rather basic when you think about it, but still for me, it was quite amazing. This is what we are taught in the Apostolic church: If I think its ok for me to cut my hair, but my pastor believes the word teaches “uncut” than I am expected to submit to his conviction. However, if the roles were reversed, and the Pastor thought its was ok for ladies to cut their hair, but I felt a personal conviction that my hair should stay uncut. I would be told that I should “obey God rather than man” and follow my personal conviction. So my question is this: Why are we only allowed to follow God when he appears to be more strict than our pastor?!?
